Margaret B. Denning
American missionary, temperance worker, author
About Margaret B. Denning
Lived 1856 – 1935 (aged 78). Margaret B. Denning was an American writer, protestant missionary and temperance worker.
Margaret B. Denning (October 17, 1856 – August 16, 1935) was an American missionary and temperance worker who spent 29 years in India. She was also the author two books, Mosaics from India and Dainty cookery for the home (1903).
Early life and education Margaret Weaver Boehme (or Beahm) was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 17, 1856.
The family moved to Canton, Illinois and she was graduated from its high school. Afterwards, she attended Illinois Wesleyan University (Ph. B., 1882).
She married Dr. John Otis Denning, M. A., on May 4, 1886. The couple were affiliated with the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
Selected works Mosaics from India: Talks about India, Its Peoples, Religions and Customs, by Margaret Boehme Denning (Fleming H. Revell Company, 1902) Dainty cookery for the home: containing English, American and Indian dishes (1903)
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American missionary, temperance worker, author (1856-1935)
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Margaret B. Denning was born on 17 October 1856 in Harrisburg.
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Margaret B. Denning died on 16 August 1935 in Pacific Palisades.
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Margaret B. Denning was a writer, protestant missionary and temperance worker.
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